Héctor Luna

Hector R. Luna

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: February 1, 1980 in Monte Cristi, Monte Cristi, D.R.
High School: Monte Cristi (Monte Cristi, DO)
Signed
by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 2004
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Indians/Marlins/BlueJays 2004-2010
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.076 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2004 24 STL NL 83 192 173 25 43 7 2 3 22 6 3 13 37 .249 .304 .364 .668 72 63 2 2 1 3 0 645
2005 25 STL NL 64 153 137 26 39 10 2 1 18 10 2 9 25 .285 .344 .409 .753 96 56 4 4 2 1 0 4/56
2006 26 TOT MLB 113 379 350 41 100 21 2 6 38 5 4 27 60 .286 .338 .409 .746 92 143 7 1 0 1 1 467/359D
2006 26 CLE AL 37 134 127 14 35 7 1 2 17 0 1 6 26 .276 .306 .394 .700 81 50 4 0 0 1 0 4466/355
2006 26 STL NL 76 245 223 27 65 14 1 4 21 5 3 21 34 .291 .355 .417 .772 99 93 3 1 0 0 1 4466/355
2007 27 TOR AL 22 46 42 5 7 0 0 1 4 2 0 2 10 .167 .217 .238 .455 21 10 0 1 0 1 0 5/3
2008 28 TOR AL 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 441 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 30 FLA NL 27 30 29 2 4 1 0 2 4 0 1 0 13 .138 .133 .379 .513 30 11 0 0 0 1 0 /54
6 Seasons 311 801 732 99 194 39 6 13 86 23 11 51 145 .265 .317 .388 .705 82 284 13 8 3 7 1
162 Game Avg. 162 417 381 52 101 20 3 7 45 12 6 27 76 .265 .317 .388 .705 82 148 7 4 2 4 1
STL (3 yrs) 223 590 533 78 147 31 5 8 61 21 8 43 96 .276 .336 .398 .733 90 212 9 7 3 4 1
TOR (2 yrs) 24 47 43 5 8 0 0 1 4 2 1 2 10 .186 .234 .256 .490 30 11 0 1 0 1 0
CLE (1 yr) 37 134 127 14 35 7 1 2 17 0 1 6 26 .276 .306 .394 .700 81 50 4 0 0 1 0
FLA (1 yr) 27 30 29 2 4 1 0 2 4 0 1 0 13 .138 .133 .379 .513 30 11 0 0 0 1 0
NL (4 yrs) 250 620 562 80 151 32 5 10 65 21 9 43 109 .269 .326 .397 .723 87 223 9 7 3 5 1
AL (3 yrs) 61 181 170 19 43 7 1 3 21 2 2 8 36 .253 .287 .359 .646 68 61 4 1 0 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 24 STL NL 192 -7 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $300,000 645
2005 25 STL NL 153 0 3 1 0 -1 0 4 7 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $320,000 4/56
2006 26 STL NL 245 0 1 -1 0 -0 0 7 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $340,000 4466/355
2006 26 CLE AL 134 -4 0 1 0 -10 1 5 -7 -0.7 3 0.3 -1.0 $ 4466/355
2007 27 TOR AL 46 -5 0 0 0 1 0 2 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ 5/3
2008 28 TOR AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
2010 30 FLA NL 30 -3 -0 -0 0 -0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /54
6 Seasons 801 -18 5 1 1 -10 2 24 4 0.5 15 1.5 -1.0 $960,000
STL (3 yrs) 590 -7 5 0 1 -1 1 16 15 1.6 16 1.6 0.0 $960,000
TOR (2 yrs) 47 -4 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $
CLE (1 yr) 134 -4 0 1 0 -10 1 5 -7 -0.7 3 0.3 -1.0 $
FLA (1 yr) 30 -3 -0 -0 0 -0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2004 24 STL NL 192 139 20 3.9 111 .294 .249 .270 .304 .341 .364 .437 .668 .778 72 .381 -7.3 -0.7 .600 .208 .116 4.0
2005 25 STL NL 153 107 20 5.0 109 .339 .285 .270 .344 .340 .409 .430 .753 .770 96 .514 -0.6 -0.1 .740 .248 .124 1.8
2006 26 TOT MLB 379 262 47 4.8 111 .330 .286 .272 .338 .341 .409 .438 .746 .779 92 .469 -4.1 -0.4 .659 .203 .123 5.5
2006 26 CLE AL 134 98 14 3.8 110 .330 .276 .274 .306 .338 .394 .435 .700 .774 81 .360 -3.8 -0.4 .567 .157 .118 .0
2006 26 STL NL 245 164 33 5.4 112 .330 .291 .271 .355 .342 .417 .440 .772 .782 99 .525 -0.3 -0.0 .713 .229 .126 4.4
2007 27 TOR AL 46 36 3 2.2 107 .188 .167 .271 .217 .338 .238 .423 .455 .761 21 .182 -5.0 -0.5 .429 .167 .071 1.3
2008 28 TOR AL 1 1 0 0.0 103 1.000 1.000 .266 1.000 .333 1.000 .416 2.000 .749 441 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 -1.000 .000
2010 30 FLA NL 30 27 1 1.0 105 .133 .138 .265 .133 .336 .379 .418 .513 .754 30 .057 -3.1 -0.3 .385 .207 .241 .0
6 Seasons 801 572 91 4.2 110 .312 .265 .271 .317 .340 .388 .435 .705 .775 82 .424 -19.7 -1.9 .632 .209 .123 16.6
162 Game Avg. 417 298 47 4.2 110 .312 .265 .271 .317 .340 .388 .435 .705 .775 82 .424 -19.7 -1.9 .632 .209 .123 9
STL (3 yrs) 590 410 73 4.8 111 .321 .276 .270 .336 .341 .398 .436 .733 .778 90 .477 -8.2 -0.8 .682 .227 .122 11.6
TOR (2 yrs) 47 37 3 2.2 107 .212 .186 .271 .234 .338 .256 .423 .490 .761 30 .175 -4.6 -0.4 .417 .140 .070 1.3
CLE (1 yr) 134 98 14 3.8 110 .330 .276 .274 .306 .338 .394 .435 .700 .774 81 .360 -3.8 -0.4 .567 .157 .118 .0
FLA (1 yr) 30 27 1 1.0 105 .133 .138 .265 .133 .336 .379 .418 .513 .754 30 .057 -3.1 -0.3 .385 .207 .241 .0
NL (4 yrs) 620 437 74 4.5 111 .315 .269 .270 .326 .341 .397 .435 .723 .776 87 .456 -11.3 -1.1 .664 .226 .128 13.5
AL (3 yrs) 181 135 17 3.4 109 .301 .253 .273 .287 .338 .359 .432 .646 .771 68 .312 -8.4 -0.8 .526 .153 .106 2.4

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 24 STL NL NLCS HOU W 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 24 STL NL WS BOS L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 25 STL NL NLCS HOU L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 5 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2004 24 STL NL 192 1.6% 19.3% 6.8% 6.3% 28% 2.85 4.7 57.7 7.9 0.75 0.87 71% 21% 4.2% 8%
2005 25 STL NL 153 0.7% 16.3% 5.9% 8.5% 33% 2.78 5.5 137.0 7.6 0.93 1.29 73% 19% 2.0% 14%
2006 26 TOT MLB 379 1.6% 15.8% 7.1% 7.7% 29% 2.22 5.8 58.3 9.2 0.77 0.94 75% 22% 4.0% 9%
2006 26 STL NL 245 1.6% 13.9% 8.6% 7.8% 29% 1.62 6.6 55.8 10.6 0.79 0.94 76% 21% 4.2% 10%
2006 26 CLE AL 134 1.5% 19.4% 4.5% 7.5% 29% 4.33 4.9 63.5 7.5 0.73 0.95 75% 24% 3.6% 7%
2007 27 TOR AL 46 2.2% 21.7% 4.4% 2.2% 14% 5.00 4.2 42.0 10.5 0.74 1.00 70% 24% 5.3% 0%
2008 28 TOR AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100% 0%
2010 30 FLA NL 30 6.7% 43.3% 0.0% 10.0% 75% 2.2 14.5 7.3 0.31 0.44 50% 18% 20.0% 23%
6 Seasons 801 1.6% 18.1% 6.4% 7.2% 30% 2.84 5.0 56.3 8.5 0.78 0.96 73% 21% 4.3% 9%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.3% 8.6% 7.9% 34% 2.03 5.1 33.0 7.7 0.79 1.07 70% 19% 7.7% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2004 24 STL NL -7.3 -0.7 205 -0.3 3.0 -3.2 .93 -0.3 0.0 -4.6 -0.4 0.94 -5.6 0.94 24
2005 25 STL NL -0.6 -0.1 167 -0.2 2.4 -2.6 1.04 0.1 -0.3 0.6 0.1 1.00 3.1 1.09 16
2006 26 TOT MLB -4.2 -0.4 393 -1.5 5.2 -6.6 .94 -0.5 -1.1 -6.6 -0.6 0.94 -5.8 0.78 9
2006 26 STL NL -0.3 -0.0 254 -1.2 3.1 -4.3 .94 -0.1 -1.2 -2.5 -0.2 0.95 -0.9 0.77 7
2006 26 CLE AL -3.9 -0.4 139 -0.3 2.0 -2.3 .93 -0.4 0.1 -4.2 -0.4 0.93 -4.8 0.81 2
2007 27 TOR AL -5.0 -0.5 48 -0.4 0.4 -0.7 .83 -0.3 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 0.94 -3.3 1.43 3
2008 28 TOR AL 0.5 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .37 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.35 0.4 0.44 1
2010 30 FLA NL -3.1 -0.3 31 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 .67 -0.4 -0.2 -5.1 -0.5 1.04 -2.9 0.74 21
6 Seasons -19.8 -1.9 846 -2.7 10.9 -13.7 .94 -1.4 -1.5 -18.3 -1.7 0.96 -13.9 0.91 74

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 24 STL NL 1 0 40% 70 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 77% 7 1 6 4 1 3 6 2 4
2005 25 STL NL 3 0 49% 69 10 2 83% 9 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 55% 7 5 2 1 1 0 12 3 9
2006 26 TOT MLB 3 0 29% 139 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 50% 19 11 8 4 3 1 13 4 9
2006 26 STL NL 1 0 28% 93 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 50% 12 6 6 4 3 1 10 4 6
2006 26 CLE AL 2 0 31% 46 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 50% 7 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
2007 27 TOR AL 1 0 44% 18 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
2008 28 TOR AL 0 0 0% 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 30 FLA NL 0 0 0% 9 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 8 0 36% 307 23 11 68% 21 8 2 1 0 2 1 0 10 17 57% 36 20 16 9 5 4 34 9 25

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2004 24 STL NL 192 44% 43 8 0 24 4 0 1 0.94 3 0 8 1 2 1 2 0 3 1 33% 28 2 7% 14 6 43% 121 19 16% 15 9 60% 10 3 30% 0
2005 25 STL NL 153 42% 39 5 1 16 5 0 1 1.09 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 67% 36 4 11% 14 6 43% 115 17 15% 8 7 88% 5 4 80% 0
2006 26 TOT MLB 379 46% 100 10 1 9 2 0 1 0.78 6 0 13 4 2 1 5 0 0 0 65 7 11% 34 10 29% 220 33 15% 21 10 48% 12 7 58% 0
2006 26 STL NL 245 51% 65 7 1 7 2 0 1 0.77 4 0 8 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 41 3 7% 18 4 22% 138 18 13% 13 5 38% 8 6 75% 0
2006 26 CLE AL 134 37% 35 3 0 2 0 0 0 0.81 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 4 17% 16 6 38% 82 15 18% 8 5 63% 4 1 25% 0
2007 27 TOR AL 46 43% 7 1 0 3 2 0 1 1.43 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0% 6 2 33% 33 5 15% 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 0
2008 28 TOR AL 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0.44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 30 FLA NL 30 40% 4 0 0 21 2 1 3 0.74 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 4 2 50% 23 2 9% 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 0
6 Seasons 801 44% 194 25 2 74 16 1 7 0.91 13 0 31 6 7 5 8 0 6 3 50% 145 13 9% 72 26 36% 513 77 15% 48 30 63% 30 14 47% 0
MLB Averages 54% 67% 11% 33% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 24 STL NL 192 681 3.55 449 66% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 0% 47% 80% 28% 5% 9 1 11% 22 7 7% 13 8 32% 0 0 0
2005 25 STL NL 153 506 3.31 337 67% 28% 13% 25% 34% 72% 0% 48% 82% 27% 3% 4 0 10% 16 5 4% 6 2 32% 0 0 0
2006 26 TOT MLB 379 1347 3.55 865 64% 25% 13% 29% 34% 75% 1% 48% 83% 32% 4% 15 0 13% 50 19 4% 16 5 38% 0 0 0
2006 26 STL NL 245 881 3.60 545 62% 24% 12% 29% 35% 76% 1% 47% 84% 29% 4% 11 0 15% 36 13 4% 11 2 35% 0 0 0
2006 26 CLE AL 134 466 3.48 320 69% 25% 14% 29% 32% 75% 0% 52% 82% 38% 3% 4 0 10% 14 6 4% 5 3 42% 0 0 0
2007 27 TOR AL 46 191 4.15 121 63% 21% 16% 36% 27% 79% 0% 50% 80% 24% 2% 1 0 17% 8 3 0% 0 0 40% 0 0 0
2008 28 TOR AL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 30 FLA NL 30 110 3.67 78 71% 28% 31% 19% 22% 72% 0% 51% 57% 33% 3% 1 0 7% 2 0 7% 2 2 15% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 801 2836 3.54 1851 65% 26% 14% 28% 32% 74% 0% 48% 81% 30% 4% 30 1 12% 98 34 5% 37 17 34% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 24 83 192 173 25 43 7 2 3 22 6 3 13 37 .249 .304 .364 .668 72 63 2 2 1 3 0
2005 25 147 345 310 51 82 17 4 4 40 16 5 22 62 .265 .322 .384 .706 83 119 6 6 3 4 0
2006 26 260 724 660 92 182 38 6 10 78 21 9 49 122 .276 .330 .397 .727 88 262 13 7 3 5 1
2007 27 282 770 702 97 189 38 6 11 82 23 9 51 132 .269 .323 .387 .711 84 272 13 8 3 6 1
2008 28 284 771 703 97 190 38 6 11 82 23 10 51 132 .270 .324 .388 .713 84 273 13 8 3 6 1
2009 29 284 771 703 97 190 38 6 11 82 23 10 51 132 .270 .324 .388 .713 84 273 13 8 3 6 1
2010 30 311 801 732 99 194 39 6 13 86 23 11 51 145 .265 .317 .388 .705 82 284 13 8 3 7 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 24 83 190 172 24 42 7 2 3 21 6 13 37 .244 .300 .360 .660 18 83
2005 25 64 150 136 25 38 10 2 1 18 10 9 25 .279 .340 .404 .744 18 64
2006 26 113 375 347 39 97 20 2 6 36 5 26 60 .280 .331 .401 .731 46 113
2007 27 22 46 42 5 7 0 0 1 4 2 2 10 .167 .217 .238 .455 2 22
2008 28 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 2
2010 30 27 31 30 3 5 1 0 2 5 0 0 13 .167 .161 .400 .561 2 27
6 Seasons 311 793 728 96 190 38 6 13 84 23 50 145 .261 .313 .383 .696 87 311
162 Game Avg. 162 413 379 50 99 20 3 7 44 12 26 76 .261 .313 .383 .696 45 311

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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